Saint Tudclud–Penmachno

A bit dark this one but I wanted to emphasize the instrument in the foreground. Maybe it’s a little too dark… Anyway. Saint Tudclud was a sixth century Saint, one of the five sons of… Read More →

Lone tree

High on the bleak Denbigh moors lies Llyn Aled, a deep, weed-free natural lake of about 110 acres.The lake is also the source of a river of the same name. At 1,250 feet… Read More →

St John’s Ysbyty Ifan

Ysbyty Ifan is a small but historic village and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales. Nearly all the population speak Welsh. Ysbyty Ifan, until 1189, was known as Dôl Gynwal. Then, it came… Read More →

Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape

Just living in a place is not enough. You can live in a community and not understand it. Just looking at it wont do. I almost believe we don’t see anything until we… Read More →

52/2013 Week 20

All day yesterday I spent in church, well not quite all day, but a good part. Many of the churches in this part of Wales are centuries old, have some great history attached… Read More →

Post #400 - Entitlement

Reblogged from As iAge: You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves. – Abraham Lincoln – 1. The facts: This is my 400th Post.… Read More →

Duke Of Lancaster

Regular readers will know that many of my photographs are HDR. But for the “Duke” there is no real advantage in using HDR, especially on a bright sunny day. So what’s been happening.… Read More →

52/2013 Week 19

It’s been a while since I visited the Duke to see what DuDug have done to him. So far on the port side they have only added two pieces of artwork. The starboard… Read More →

Weekly Photo Challenge: Pattern

A pattern, apart from the term’s use to mean “Template”, is a discernible regularity in the world or in a man-made design. As such, the elements of a pattern repeat in a predictable manner. In… Read More →

Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above

As well as photography I have another passion that I am equally fond of; bread making. There’s nothing like fresh-baked bread, especially a loaf you have made yourself, to get your taste buds… Read More →

Pen-y-Pass to Llyn Llydaw

There are many paths and tracks in the Snowdonia National park which lead to the top of mount Snowdon the highest mountain in Wales and England. Snowdon is a serious mountain with changeable… Read More →

Weekly Photo Challenge: Culture.

Reblogged from A week in the World.: I missed last weeks Photo Challenge Up due to work commitments. Which is a real pity as I feel that being in Hong Kong we have… Read More →